Reading about Ida B. Wells' courage in the face of real and present danger to her life; thinking how most of the U.S. press truly believe themselves to be just as principled and brave, as they regurgitate whatever Trump/Musk/the GOP/techbro startups tell them, from tariffs to dire wolves to vaccines.
#PressIsComplicit #IdaBWells #Journalism
https://blogs.loc.gov/loc/2020/02/truth-is-mighty-and-will-prevail-ida-b-wells/
Apropos everything: I *despise* Axios bullet-list style reporting where they "present both sides" without actual context. No "this is what happened, here's video, here's the law"; instead it's "these people say this, these other people say that", as if both should be weighed equally.
Fuck that shit
Trump's latest loyalty test: banning the Associated Press from Oval Office access with the rest of the White House Press Corps, because AP has not bend the knee (they are not misnaming the Gulf of Mexico). The rest of the "free" press of the U.S.? already licking ass.
#PressIsComplicit #USPolitics #GulfOfMexico
https://www.ap.org/the-definitive-source/announcements/ap-statement-on-oval-office-access/
Apropos the #PressIsComplicit fracas over the Los Angeles Times and Washington Post suddenly deciding that endorsing candidates goes beyond the purview of EDITORIAL BOARDS (whose entire schtick is to have oppinions), we should all perhaps rememeber:
Trump wants the military to "deal" with his political enemies---the "radical left lunatics", a term that includes every Democrat, from the current president to regular citizens registered with the Democratic party.
This is fascism, and the U.S. press does not report on it with any urgency, because they're willing accomplices.
#PressIsComplicit #USPolitics #2024Election #Fascism
Better link:
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-military-target-americans-oppose-him-1235132806/
@ceracole What they report on, who they platform, and the slant on fact reporting.
Just a bit ago, CNN was doing the "Trump fiery rhetoric" as he was spewing white supremacist and fascist talking point, and declaring how he'll make himself dictator on day one.
TFW you see #MitchMcConnell in the news and are disappointed it's not because he's dead.
Ah well.
As usual, the #PressIsComplicit: look at the AP characterizing Trump's rabid ranting as "fiery populism", and the shifting of the GOP from already-assholes to open fascism as "ideological transition"
Mitch McConnell says he'll step down as Senate Republican leader in November. The 82-year-old Kentucky lawmaker is the longest-serving Senate leader in history. He's maintained his power in the face of dramatic changes in the Republican Party. He made the announcement Wednesday on the Senate floor. He said that “one of life’s most underappreciated talents is to know when it’s time to move on to life’s next chapter." McConnell says he plans to serve out his Senate term, which ends in January 2027, “albeit from a different seat in the chamber.”
#PressIsComplicit #Palestine #InternationalCourtOfJustice #SouthAfrica
(the search term for the second image is "how many journalists killed in Gaza")
Note: even the CPJ uses "war" when talking about #Israel's relentless bombing of #Gaza and the ongoing #Genocide, because they too are complicit in the Western framing of Israel as the eternal victim.
Israel has killed over 21 times as many people as Hamas did, and no one mentions how out of proportion that is.
Both Trump and Biden are making January 6 a central part of their campaign, and here comes #CNN, making insurrectionists into sympathetic figures--because the #PressIsComplicit. We even get the diner!
The fucking "mom of eight" chose to storm the U.S. Capitol and participate in a motherfucking insurrection, Donie. Perhaps lead with that, you asshole.
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